Originally Posted by
Soyathink
Followed them in Air cargo....
Followed them in Ground cargo....
UPS was in Europe before Fed Ex served the lower 48......
UPS has been around 100 years. How old is Fred again?????

Followed US into operating your OWN airline (1988)
Followed US into growing the fleet with venerable 727
Followed US into flying direct to ASIA (you 1990, US 1988)
Followed US into buying the most economical W/B twin - A300
Followed US into buying MD-11's
Followed US into buying the A380
Followed US into cancelling the A380
And mark my words, 777 orders for you are forthcoming! Just as soon as we prove that it is the most economical W/B freighter ever made.
Fedex Fact - Today FEDEX EXPRESS HAS the world's LARGEST all-cargo air fleet, including McDonnell-Douglass MD-11s and Airbus A-300s and A-310s. The planes have a total daily lift capacity of more than 26.5 million pounds. In a 24-hour period, the fleet travels nearly 500,000 miles while its couriers log 2.5 million miles a day – the equivalent of 100 trips around the earth.
Fedex Fact - In fiscal year 1983 Federal Express reported $1 billion in revenues, making American business history as the FIRST company to reach that financial hallmark inside ten years of start-up without mergers or acquisitions.
Don't kid yourself. Your still run like a trucking company with some jets.
Don't believe it? Come visit our ramp, ops, training facilities.
Nothing personal, but gots to defend my boys.